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"My house of cards has come tumbling down about my ears, until I think it must be a dreadful dream." "To be transported to a sure-enough throne is certainly dreamlike," I said, arranging the cushions in a chair. "But I hardly think you'll find anything dreadful about it." "You don't?" she asked pointedly. "No," I answered. "The dreadful part's for me."
"Ah, if your part's marked out I congratulate you, mademoiselle!" and the old actress underlined the words as she had often underlined others on the stage. She smiled with large permissiveness on the young aspirant, who appeared not to understand her. Her tone penetrated, however, to certain depths in the mother's nature, adding another stir to agitated waters.
Now I ask ye this: ye've had one part of Canaan with ye from the start, MY part, that is; but the other's against ye; that part's PIKE, and it's the rulin' part " "Yes, Mike," said Joe, wearily. "In the spirit of things. I know." "No, sir," cried the other. "That's the trouble: ye don't know. There's more in Canaan than ye've understood.
She did not live, alas, to enjoy for long the Medicean magnificence of the mansion facing the Park, to be a companion moon in the greater orbit. Eldon Part's grief was real, and the beautiful English window in the south transept of the church bears witness to it. And yet it cannot be said that he sought solace in religion, so apparently steeped in it had he always been.
You found me a failure before let's leave it at that. My part's ended." "Haven't you kind o' forgotten something?" "What?" "My offer to you was made providing we pull off this deal. Failing that it's cancelled." Auriole's expression, seemed to go very flat indeed. There was a look of disgust in her eyes. "What do you want?" "Maybe we shall call on you for the 'whisper and I shall hear' act.
She did not live, alas, to enjoy for long the Medicean magnificence of the mansion facing the Park, to be a companion moon in the greater orbit. Eldon Part's grief was real, and the beautiful English window in the south transept of the church bears witness to it. And yet it cannot be said that he sought solace in religion, so apparently steeped in it had he always been.
Now thou know'st thou'rt not called much of a man oather, but bless yo', t' ninth part's summut to be thankful for, after nought but women. An' yet, yo' seen, they were for sending yo' away i' their foolishness! Well! missus, and who's to pay for t' fettling of all them clothes? as Bell came down with her arms full.
The thought connected with the talk he had overheard at the cabin near Bellwood about two pieces of card. He theorized that it was the reward to Jem and Dan for agreeing to kidnap Ned Foreman. "Got it?" spoke Dan eagerly, edging up to Jem. "Then our part's done. Let's get away from here." Frank took a last glance around the room.
It will be terrible if the letters are found. 'Hawkins may have it. The curtain was much safer. 'That part's safe enough, unless it made a hole in the floor above." "Oh, if you're going to read a lot of irrelevant material " "Irrelevant nothing! Wake up, Horace! But remember this. I'm not explaining the physical phenomena. We'll never do that. It wasn't extraordinary, as such things go.
Flossie saw a queer look on her teacher's face, and the little girl said: "Snap, you must be quiet. You musn't bark in school any more than we must whisper. I didn't want to speak out loud," she said to the teacher, "but I had to, or Snap wouldn't hear me." "Oh, that part's all right, my dear," the teacher said kindly. "But how did your dog get here?"
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